Induction motor



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R. RUDENBERG INDUCTION MOTOR original Filed May 11, 1917 Patented Oct. 11, i927.

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OF CHARLOT'IENBURG, NEAR BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR,

BY, MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T WESTINGB'IOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COM- y IPAN'Y, A CORPORATION 0F PENNSYLVANIA.

INDUCTION Moron.

Original application illed Hay 11, 1917, Serial No. 168,031, and in lGermany March 30,'1916.. Divided and this application tiled November 13, 1924. Serial No. 749,788. l

improvements disclosed in m copending application, Ser. No. 168,031, led lMay 11,v

.15 1917, patented February 24, 1925, No. 1,-

527,332, from which the present application has been divided.

chronous motors are usually constructed with as small aresistance in the secondary circuit as possible, because by the value of this resistance the energy losses in the rotor as well as the slip of the motors at increasing load are determined, both the energy losses and the slip bein always kept as low as possible. In motors o this type special arrangements are necessary in order to obtainffa suiiicient starting torque romthe rest osition of the motor, because these motors ose their torque as soon as the slip. increases beyond a certain value.

' arrangements which serve the In such purpose of increasing the starting torque either outside resistances are inserted into the secondary circuit or else the secondary circuit of the asynchronous motor inductively affects aterti'a`ry circui into which latter a controlled resistance isfinserted.

It is however, possible for the same. urpose to arrange in the secondary leakage eld 40 metal layers which use up the slip energy by means of the tertiary currents induced in them by the secondary stray-field. For` such tertia conductors inthe secondary stray-field t e secondar circuit conductors adjacent to other secon ary conductors may be used, Vprovided 'ca-re is taken that 4the secondary stray-field has suicient intensity` 'at the 0oints which are ofl importance for the r `ction/of tertiary currents. '50 i us. for instance according to the present invention the rotor conductors may .subdivided into a suitable `number of 37 "rsited by an iron insertion y. 'Since owing strands and the rotor conductors located in the slots can be used as tertiary circuit conductors for producing strong energy losses and thus means for controllin the motor, if between the individual con uctor strands iron insertions are placed thru Which the secondary stray-fields are strengthened. These iron insertions therefore principally serve the urpose to further the develop- 'ment of t e secondary stray-eld, owing to their magnetic conductivity. As the actual conductors for the tertiary currents, principally the rotor conductors themselves areused, though in some cases also the iron conductors may be used for conducting the current. Chiefly, however, theseV iron insertions do not figure as conductors for the tertiary currents.

In the accompanying drawings the detailed construction of such a stranded slot conductor provided with iron insertions is illustrated,

Figure 1 showing a side view of a portion of such a strand conductor;

Figure 2 showing a transversev section thereof, and ,I

Figure 3 showing a transverse section thru a conductor in an intermediate manufacturing stage as will be explained hereinafter.

The construction shown in the drawings may be used for instance for a squirrel-cage rotor, the conductor shown for instance in Figure 2 being inserted in that form into the slots of the rotor.

The conductor shown in Figures 1 and 2 consists of a number oi individual strands twisted together or otherwise transposed so as to maintain a uniform current displacement thruout the entire conductor in well known manner. i The individual strands are slightly insulated from eachA other. Each strand is composed of two copperconductors one disposed above the other and sepato the twisting or transposition of the strands each strand occupies the same position in the slot thruout its whole length as the other strands, the secondary currents will flow uniformly in all strands. These currents produce stray-fields in the iron insertions 'of suitable intensity, by which fields vin turn tertiary currents are induced which pass in the upper* halves of each strand in one direction andy return in the lower halves of these strands in the other direction. In order to obtain a good return circutfor the tertiary currents, the two copper halves of each strand are preferably soldered or welded together at the upper and lower edge of the entire slot conductor. These conductive connections within each ystrand may also be made thruout its whole length and even the ironI insertion, as already pointed out hereinbefore, may be added as a conductor by metallically connecting it with the copper conductors between which it is placed.

In order to take care that the slot straylield in the iron insertions does not only strongly develop at the points where two insertions cross each other (on account of the twisting of the strands which for instance in Figure 1 are inclined to the left, whereas the strands located on the other side of the conductor shown in Figure 1 would be inclined towards the right) but so .that it may develop thruout'the whole length of the insertions, I prefer to insert an iron core z into the center of the entire conductor sothat it is surrounded by all strands (see Figure 2). This core then takes care that all stray lines of force are uniformly conducted and at the same-time this core, acting somewhat as a tertiary conductor, develops a certain, though small amount of useful eddy currents. v

vThe use of twisted strands has the particular advantage that the heat generated. by the electric energy consumption is uniformly generated vin the entire conductor as a whole and not produced locally in certain spots only. Consequently the heatinof the motor' during the starting period can e kept within moderate limits and may be easily controlled by heat proof insulation of the slot conductors.

A twisted and stranded conductor of the gpc just described and of a cross-section own in Figure 2 ma conveniently be produced" as follows: T e conductor strands, each composed of two copper conductors :v and an iron insertion placed between the two conductor halves are twisted over a thin iron tube z as shown is Figure 3. When the i alsk strands have been thus assembled as a complete tubular body, this body is `flattened out so that it will assume the shape shown in Figure 2. .If desired an open channel may be left in the center of the conductor by the flattening process (for instance by temporarily inserting a core of suitable material and removing this core after the conductor 4 is completely ilattened). Such an air channel is very useful for assing cooling air thru the conductor thru w ichthe heat generated during the startin period may be easily carried away from t e rotor.

The conductor shown and described hereinbefore may be combined with other means known in the art for increasing the starting torque of such motors. For instance metal layers may be placed into the end fields of the rotor. tional means, the expedients shown and described and constituting the present invention produce very favorable e'ects at comparatively small dimensions of the rotor slot and normal dimensions of the slot conductors and teeth of the asynchronous motor.

Squirrel-cage rotors provided with conductors such as described above also have a reasonable slot stray-field which is all the more ermissible since no Vappreciable end strayold exists. Consequently the maximum torque developed by such motors is considerable and generally much greater than that developed by ordinary phase wound armatures.

Armatures according to the present invention may be constructed wlth extremely small conductor losses in the slots and in the end rings, and have a very small slip and high efficiency. Lastly, and most important of all, the elfect produced by the tertiary currents in the secondary conductors reduces a very effective loss resistance However, even withoutany addiwhici strongly increases with increasingslip. This loss resistance may be suitably dimensioned by properl dimensioning the constituent elements of t e conductor so that in case the speed varies considerably -from the synchronous speed the motor always operates at the full or nearly full torque and it may be very easily controlled.

Rotors thus constructed do not require slip rin s with their incident brush structure an they do not require starting and controlling resistances with their inconvenient contact apparatus but they may be easily controlled as to speedV and reversal by a simple control of the main field of the motor by controlling its primary circuit in a simplecmanner.

lI claim 1. An asynchronous motor having slot conductors composed of transposed strands and having an increased starting torque, the sllp energy in the slot conductors being used up` by tertiary currents induced in said. conductors by the secondary stray-field, said conductors having iron layers inserted into the individual conductor strands, thru which layers the secondary slot field can pass.

2. An asynchronous motor havin slot conductors composed of twisted stran s and havlng an increased` starting ftojrque, `the slip energy in the slot conductors bem used up by tertiary currents induced in .sai conductors by the secondary lstray-field, said conductors having iron layers inserted into the individual conductor strands, thru which layers the secondary slot field can pass, and an iron core'around which said 'strands are l'oo vnu

l `said iron layers.

for uniformly distwisted, said core servin I llnes of force m tributing the stray-fiel conductors composed of twisted strands and having an increased starting torque,v the slip energy in the slot conductors being used up by tertiary currents induced in said conductors by the secondary stray-field, said conductors having iron layers inserted into the individual conductor strands, thru which layers the secondary slot field can pass, and

.an iron core around which said strands are disposed, -said core serving for uniformly 25 distributing the stray-field lines of force in said liron layers, said iron core consisting of a flat tubular element.

REINHOLD R'HDENBERG.` 

